Kyiv Marathon

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Kyiv Marathon
Kyiv Marathon logo
DateOctober
LocationKyiv, Ukraine
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon, Half marathon, 10K run, 5K run
Primary sponsorWizz Air
Established2010 (14 years ago) (2010)
OrganizerRun Ukraine Running League [uk]
Course recordsMen's: 2:19:17 (2013)
Ukraine Andriy Naumov
Women's: 2:44:41 (2013)
Ukraine Tetiana Rybalchenko
Official siteKyiv Marathon
Participants1,232 finishers (2021)
1,905 finishers (2019)[1]

The Kyiv Marathon or Wizz Air Kyiv City Marathon is an annual road running event over the marathon distance which is held in October on the streets of Kyiv, Ukraine since 2010. The race is certified by AIMS,[2] and is part of the Run Ukraine Running League [uk], an annual series of races held in Ukrainian cities.[3]

History[edit]

In 2010 Kyiv joined the list of cities that hold their own annual marathon. October 16, 2010 Kyiv held its first marathon, attended by 546 participants from 13 countries – 144 athletes volunteered to go to the start of the classic marathon, which is 42 km 195 m. Volodymyr Horban from Kyiv and Liudmyla Shelest from Sumy became the winners.

The second marathon in 2011 was attended by more than 1,000 runners. 1,693 participants registered in 2013, and in the spring of 2014, nearly 3,500 athletes from 32 countries started. In 2015 3,800 participants from 38 countries came to the starting line. The marathon route became the special feature of this race since it was mapped as one lap through the city. More than 6600 athletes and amateurs from 50 countries started in 2016.[4]

In 2017, a man died from participating in the event.[5]

The 2020 in-person edition of the race was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, with all registrants given the option of transferring their entry to 2021 or 2022, or receiving credit of equivalent value for other races.[6][7]

On 3 March 2022, a week after Russia invaded Ukraine with help from Belarus, Run Ukraine banned Russian and Belarusian runners from all its events, and stated that the runners' registration fees would be used to restore Ukraine.[8] On 19 July, about five months into the invasion, Run Ukraine announced that the marathon was postponed indefinitely.[9]

Course[edit]

External images
image icon Course map of full marathon in 2018[10]
image icon Course map of full marathon in 2019[11]

The marathon runs on a loop course that begins and ends on Volodymyrs'kyi Passage [uk] near the Bohdan Khmelnytsky Monument and Sofia Square [uk].[11]

The course first heads south on Volodymyrska Street and turns west on Taras Shevchenko Boulevard [uk] to arrive at Victory Square.[11] Runners then head southeast to the Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex and then north up Khreshchatyk Street to Maidan Nezalezhnosti.[11] The marathon then heads southeast to the Motherland Monument and crosses the Paton Bridge into the Dniprovskyi District before turning around at Yevhen Sverstyuk Street [uk] and returning across the bridge to arrive at the halfway point.[11]

Runners then run northwest along the Dnipro River and cross the pedestrian Park Bridge [uk] into Trukhaniv Island.[11] The course runs northward through the greenery, and then leaves the island via Pivnichnyi Bridge.[11] The marathon then runs along the Dnipro through Rybalskyi Peninsula via Naberezhno-Rybalska Street [uk] before crossing the Harbour Bridge.[11] Runners then run through the Podil neighbourhood and climb up Hlybochytska [uk] and Sichovykh Striltsiv Streets [uk] before returning to Volodymyrs'kyi Passage for the finish.[11]

Winners[edit]

Key:    Course record

Marathon[edit]

Ed. Year Men's winner Time[a] Women's winner Time[a] Rf.
11 2021  Artem Piddubnyi (UKR) 2:30:43  Tatiana Vilisova (RUS) 2:48:24 [12]
2020 cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic [6]
10 2019  Oleksandr Babarynka (UKR) 2:28:57  Nataliia Semenovych (UKR) 2:51:38 [13]
9 2018  Artem Piddubnyi (UKR) 2:28:29  Yuliia Tarasova (UKR) 2:48:09 [14]
8 2017  Artem Piddubnyi (UKR) 2:24:17  Iryna Masnyk (UKR) 2:48:09 [15]
7 2016  Oleh Leshchyshyn (UKR) 2:31:10  Yuliia Bairamova (UKR) 3:01:11 [16]
6 2015  Yevhen Hlyva (UKR) 2:32:39  Yana Kulykova (UKR) 3:33:27 [17]
5 2014  Dmytro Pozhevilov (UKR) 2:30:21  Olha Dehtiarenko (UKR) 3:00:00
4 2013  Andriy Naumov (UKR) 2:19:17  Tetiana Rybalchenko (UKR) 2:44:41 [4]
3 2012  Viktor Starodubtsev (UKR) 2:25:27  Liudmyla Shelest (UKR) 3:15:34
2 2011  Volodymyr Horban (UKR) 2:27:26  Tetiana Ivanova (UKR) 2:46:39
1 2010  Volodymyr Horban (UKR) 2:26:36  Liudmyla Shelest (UKR) 3:09:16

Half marathon[edit]

Ed. Year Men's winner Time[a] Women's winner Time[a] Rf.
11 2021  Ihor Russ (UKR) 1:10:14  Liliia Baranovska (UKR) 1:27:58
2020 cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic [6]
10 2019  Oleksandr Sitkovskyi (UKR) 1:05:38  Kateryna Karmanenko (UKR) 1:25:36
9 2018  Serhii Marchuk (UKR) 1:11:32  Yuliia Tarasevich (BLR) 1:21:50
8 2017  Vitalii Ivakh (UKR) 1:11:37  Yuliya Tarasevich (BLR) 1:26:04
7 2016  Serhii Marchuk (UKR) 1:14:30  Olha Dehtiarenko (UKR) 1:31:54

10 km[edit]

Ed. Year Men's winner Time[b] Women's winner Time[b] Rf.
11 2021  Ivan Ivanov (UKR) 34:16  Marianna Shevchenko (UKR) 41:40
2020 cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic [6]
10 2019  Ivan Strebkov (UKR) 30:10  Tetiana Solianyk (UKR) 40:05
9 2018  Mykhailo Bohdanov (UKR) 33:03  Olha Mykuliak (UKR) 47:47
8 2017  Oleksandr Karpenko (UKR) 32:39  Liudmyla Danylyna (UKR) 36:16
7 2016  Oleksandr Voloshchuk (UKR) 37:03  Snizhana Rybak (UKR) 40:58
6 2015  Mykola Nyzhnyk (UKR) 31:44  Yuliia Moroz (UKR) 39:34

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d h:m:s
  2. ^ a b m:s

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Results 6.10.2019 – Wizz Air Kyiv City Marathon". Archived from the original on 2020-09-21. Retrieved 2023-05-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ "Wizz Air Kyiv City Marathon – AIMS race information".
  3. ^ "RunUkraine | We are Road Runners". Archived from the original on 2020-08-22. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  4. ^ a b "Wizz Air Kyiv City Marathon history". Wizz Air Kyiv City Marathon. 2015-05-08. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
  5. ^ "Man dies during marathon in Kyiv". 112.international. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  6. ^ a b c d "The 11th WIZZ AIR KYIV CITY MARATHON to be held in the online format | Wizz Air Kyiv City Marathon". 15 July 2020.
  7. ^ "FAQ ONLINE – Wizz Air Kyiv City Marathon". 15 July 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-09-06. Retrieved 2023-05-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. ^ "Russian and Belarusian runners are banned from the events | Wizz Air …". 3 March 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-03-21. Retrieved 2022-03-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  9. ^ "All events of the Ukrainian Majors Running League 2022 are postponed …". 19 July 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-08-07. Retrieved 2022-08-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  10. ^ "Маршрути | Wizz Air Kyiv City Marathon". 28 May 2015. Archived from the original on 2018-07-17.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Маршрути | Wizz Air Kyiv City Marathon". 28 May 2015. Archived from the original on 2019-10-09.
  12. ^ "2021 Wizz Air Kyiv City Marathon results". Wizz Air Kyiv City Marathon. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
  13. ^ "results 2019 Wizz Air Kyiv City Marathon". Wizz Air Kyiv City Marathon. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  14. ^ "results 2018 Wizz Air Kyiv City Marathon". Wizz Air Kyiv City Marathon. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
  15. ^ "Wizz Air Kyiv City Marathon - Archive results 2017". Wizz Air Kyiv City Marathon. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
  16. ^ "Wizz Air Kyiv City Marathon - Archive results 2016". Wizz Air Kyiv City Marathon. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
  17. ^ "Wizz Air Kyiv City Marathon - Archive results 2015". Wizz Air Kyiv City Marathon. 2015-09-25. Retrieved 2018-03-21.

External links[edit]

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